Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] i [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 2 | I forgot to leave me penknife so she ripped me head off . |
| 3 | Once she kept me hanging around for an hour and a half , which might sound like a backward step , but you have to remember she was sitting in a place of her own choice , and was taking it all in . |
| 4 | ‘ I went into the cell and she told me to fuck off out of it . |
| 5 | Then , to me : ‘ We went to Orkney last summer , and she made me crawl in through a ghastly tunnel into some underground charnel-house . |
| 6 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 7 | Then a girl came upstairs and said , " Oh do n't be silly , have a cry on my shoulder , " and she helped me to settle down . |
| 8 | She was obviously puzzled , but she invited me to sit down , and offered me a glass of sherry . |
| 9 | The day after she came I put up another roll of chicken wire . ’ |
| 10 | I explained the situation , after she found me jerking about on the bed one afternoon . |
| 11 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 12 | Margaret was nearly out of her mind when she asked me to come out here to look for you , but that 's all in the past now . |
| 13 | Lisabeth appeared in her doorway as she heard me coming back up . |
| 14 | As she heard me going on about the luncheon party she pulled a face . |